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From: Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@ellerman.id.au>
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Subject: Re: [v3,2/2] powerpc/xmon: Disable tracing when entering xmon
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On Wed, 2017-08-02 at 20:14:06 UTC, Breno Leitao wrote:
> If tracing is enabled and you get into xmon, the tracing buffer
> continues to be updated, causing possible loss of data and unnecessary
> tracing information coming from xmon functions.
> 
> This patch simple disables tracing when entering xmon, and re-enables it
> if the kernel is resumed (with 'x').
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> Acked-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/ed49f7fd6438dcc8c93fa7d1d7d815

cheers